Photogenerating work from polymers

Directed bending of a polymer film by light

Yu, Y., Nakano, M., & Ikeda, T. (2003) · Nature · doi:10.1038/425145a · Cited by 2,177 · see citing works

Light-induced shape-memory polymers

Lendlein, A., Jiang, H., Jünger, O., & Langer, R. (2005) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature03496 · Cited by 2,006 · see citing works

Optical Switching and Image Storage by Means of Azobenzene Liquid-Crystal Films

Ikeda, T., & Tsutsumi, O. (1995) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.268.5219.1873 · Cited by 1,549 · see citing works

Near-Infrared Resonant Nanoshells for Combined Optical Imaging and Photothermal Cancer Therapy

Gobin, A. M., Lee, M. H., Halas, N. J., James, W. D., Drezek, R. A., & West, J. L. (2007) · Nano Letters · doi:10.1021/nl070610y · Cited by 1,316 · see citing works

Rapid and reversible shape changes of molecular crystals on photoirradiation

Kobatake, S., Takami, S., Muto, H., Ishikawa, T., & Irie, M. (2007) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature05669 · Cited by 1,283 · see citing works

A New Opto-Mechanical Effect in Solids

Finkelmann, H., Nishikawa, E., Pereira, G. G., & Warner, M. (2001) · Physical Review Letters · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.87.015501 · Cited by 1,062 · see citing works

Remotely actuated polymer nanocomposites—stress-recovery of carbon-nanotube-filled thermoplastic elastomers

Koerner, H., Price, G., Pearce, N. A., Alexander, M., & Vaia, R. A. (2004) · Nature Materials · doi:10.1038/nmat1059 · Cited by 1,034 · see citing works

Photomechanics of Liquid‐Crystalline Elastomers and Other Polymers

Ikeda, T., Mamiya, J., & Yu, Y. (2007) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.200602372 · Cited by 1,022 · see citing works

Transportation Energy Data Book: Edition 16

Davis, S. C., McFarlin, D. N., & Laboratory, O. R. N. (2010) · ROSA P · doi:10.21949/1404021 · Cited by 852 · see citing works

Single-Molecule Optomechanical Cycle

Hugel, T., Holland, N. B., Cattani, A., et al. (2002) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1069856 · Cited by 839 · see citing works

Polymer Nanocomposites

Winey, K. I., & Vaia, R. A. (2007) · MRS Bulletin · doi:10.1557/mrs2007.229 · Cited by 757 · see citing works

Dekker encyclopedia of nanoscience and nanotechnology

(2005) · Choice Reviews Online · doi:10.5860/choice.42-2552 · Cited by 683 · see citing works

Gold nanoparticle ensembles as heaters and actuators: melting and collective plasmon resonances

Govorov, A. O., Zhang, W., Skeini, T., Richardson, H. H., Lee, J., & Kotov, N. A. (2006) · Nanoscale Research Letters · doi:10.1007/s11671-006-9015-7 · Cited by 660 · see citing works

Anisotropic Bending and Unbending Behavior of Azobenzene Liquid‐Crystalline Gels by Light Exposure

Ikeda, T., Nakano, M., Yu, Y., Tsutsumi, O., & Kanazawa, A. (2003) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.200390045 · Cited by 594 · see citing works

Light‐Driven Side‐On Nematic Elastomer Actuators

Li, M., Keller, P., Li, B., Wang, X., & Brunet, M. (2003) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.200304552 · Cited by 591 · see citing works

Photo-mechanical effects in azobenzene-containing soft materials

Barrett, C. J., Mamiya, J., Yager, K. G., & Ikeda, T. (2007) · Soft Matter · doi:10.1039/b705619b · Cited by 562 · see citing works

Electromagnetic activation of shape memory polymer networks containing magnetic nanoparticles

Schmidt, A. M. (2006) · Macromolecular Rapid Communications · doi:10.1002/marc.200600225 · Cited by 518 · see citing works

New materials for micro-scale sensors and actuators

Wilson, S. A., Jourdain, R., Zhang, Q., Dorey, R., Bowen, C., Willander, M., Wahab, Q. U., Willander, M., Al-Hilli, S., Nur, O., et al. (2007) · Materials Science and Engineering R Reports · doi:10.1016/j.mser.2007.03.001 · Cited by 512 · see citing works

Engineering Analysis of Smart Material Systems

Leo, D. J. (2007) · Wiley eBooks · doi:10.1002/9780470209721 · Cited by 453 · see citing works

Photomechanical actuation in polymer–nanotube composites

Ahir, S. V., & Terentjev, E. M. (2005) · Nature Materials · doi:10.1038/nmat1391 · Cited by 423 · see citing works

Framework for nanocomposites

Vaia, R. A., & Wagner, H. D. (2004) · Materials Today · doi:10.1016/s1369-7021(04)00506-1 · Cited by 386 · see citing works

Photoreactive Organic Thin Films

(2002) · Materials Today · doi:10.1016/s1369-7021(02)01246-4 · Cited by 374 · see citing works

uv manipulation of order and macroscopic shape in nematic elastomers

Hogan, P. M., Tajbakhsh, A. R., & Terentjev, E. M. (2002) · Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics · doi:10.1103/physreve.65.041720 · Cited by 366 · see citing works

Independent Optical Control of Microfluidic Valves Formed from Optomechanically Responsive Nanocomposite Hydrogels

Sershen, S. R., Mensing, G. A., Ng, M. G., Halas, N. J., Beebe, D. J., & West, J. L. (2005) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.200401239 · Cited by 316 · see citing works

Playing Nature's Game with Artificial Muscles

Baughman, R. H. (2005) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1099010 · Cited by 250 · see citing works

Soft Actuators Based on Liquid‐Crystalline Elastomers

Yu, Y., & Ikeda, T. (2006) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.200601760 · Cited by 248 · see citing works

Glassy photomechanical liquid-crystal network actuators for microscale devices

van Oosten, C. L., Harris, K. D., Bastiaansen, C. W. M., & Broer, D. J. (2007) · The European Physical Journal E · doi:10.1140/epje/i2007-10196-1 · Cited by 245 · see citing works

Thermo-Responsive Polymer Brushes with Tunable Collapse Temperatures in the Physiological Range

Jonas, A. M., Glinel, K., Oren, R., et al. (2007) · Macromolecules · doi:10.1021/ma070897l · Cited by 189 · see citing works

Polymer film with optically controlled form and actuation

Tabiryan, N. V., Serak, S. V., Dai, X., & Bunning, T. J. (2005) · Optics Express · doi:10.1364/opex.13.007442 · Cited by 176 · see citing works

Mobile Robots: Motor Challenges and Materials Solutions

Madden, J. D. W. (2007) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1146351 · Cited by 176 · see citing works

Actuator Classification and Selection—The Development of a Database

Zupan, M., Ashby, M. F., & Fleck, N. A. (2002) · Advanced Engineering Materials · doi:10.1002/adem.200290009 · Cited by 154 · see citing works

Spin-on Mesoporous Silica Films with Ultralow Dielectric Constants, Ordered Pore Structures, and Hydrophobic Surfaces

Yang, C., Cho, A. T., Pan, F., Tsai, T. G., & Chao, K. J. (2001) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/1521-4095(200107)13:14 · Cited by 147 · see citing works

Synthesis and Properties of Azoaromatic Polymers

Agolini, F., & Gay, F. P. (1970) · Macromolecules · doi:10.1021/ma60015a015 · Cited by 132 · see citing works

Nanoengineering of Structural, Functional and Smart Materials

Schulz, M. J., Kelkar, A. D., & Sundaresan, M. J. (2005) · CRC Press eBooks · doi:10.1201/9780203491966 · Cited by 128 · see citing works

On spontaneous and photoinduced orientational mobility of dye molecules in polymers

Dumont, M. L., & Osman, A. E. (1999) · Chemical Physics · doi:10.1016/s0301-0104(99)00096-8 · Cited by 126 · see citing works

Adaptive Composites

Vaia, R. A., & Baur, J. W. (2008) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1152931 · Cited by 125 · see citing works

A Liquid Crystal Opto-optical Switch: Nondestructive Information Retrieval Based on a Photochromic Fulgide as Trigger

Janicki, S. Z., & Schuster, G. B. (1995) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/ja00138a005 · Cited by 122 · see citing works

THE PHOTOVISCOSITY EFFECT

Lovrien, R. E. (1967) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.57.2.236 · Cited by 112 · see citing works

Photodeformable Polymers: A New Kind of Promising Smart Material for Micro‐ and Nano‐Applications

Yu, Y., & Ikeda, T. (2005) · Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics · doi:10.1002/macp.200500318 · Cited by 111 · see citing works

Signal Transduction in Leaf Movement

Coté, G. G. (1995) · PLANT PHYSIOLOGY · doi:10.1104/pp.109.3.729 · Cited by 87 · see citing works

Photoreactive Organic Thin Films

(2002) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-635490-4.x5000-8 · Cited by 74 · see citing works

Photoinduced manipulations of photochromes in polymers: Anisotropy, modulation of the NLO properties and creation of surface gratings

Atassi, Y., Chauvin, J., Delaire, J. A., et al. (1998) · Pure and Applied Chemistry · doi:10.1351/pac199870112157 · Cited by 72 · see citing works

Photomechanical Energy Conversion in a Polymer Membrane

VEEN, G. V. D., & Prins, W. (1971) · Nature Physical Science · doi:10.1038/physci230070a0 · Cited by 61 · see citing works

Thermal and UV Shape Shifting of Surface Topography

Yang, Z., Herd, G. A., Clarke, S. M., Tajbakhsh, A. R., Terentjev, E. M., & Huck, W. T. S. (2006) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/ja056866s · Cited by 57 · see citing works

Chemically Tunable Lensing of Stimuli‐Responsive Hydrogel Microdomes

Ehrick, J. D., Stokes, S. M., Bachas‐Daunert, S., et al. (2007) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.200601969 · Cited by 51 · see citing works

Thermal fluctuations, stress relaxation, and actuation in carbon nanotube networks

Ahir, S. V., Terentjev, E. M., Lu, S., et al. (2007) · Physical Review B · doi:10.1103/physrevb.76.165437 · Cited by 51 · see citing works

Thermal and photo‐actuation in nematic elastomers

Warner, M., & Terentjev, E. M. (2003) · Macromolecular Symposia · doi:10.1002/masy.200351008 · Cited by 49 · see citing works

Photo-switching magnetic materials

Einaga, Y. (2006) · Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C Photochemistry Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.jphotochemrev.2006.05.001 · Cited by 45 · see citing works

The thermal effect in the photomechanical conversion of a photochromic polymer

Matějka, L., Dušek, K., & Ilavský, M. (1979) · Polymer Bulletin · doi:10.1007/bf00254147 · Cited by 44 · see citing works

Enhancing Colloids Through the Surface

Nelson, E. C., & Braun, P. V. (2007) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1148009 · Cited by 39 · see citing works

Three-dimensional motion and transformation of a photoelectrochemical actuator

Takada, K., Miyazaki, T., Tanaka, N., et al. (2006) · Chemical Communications · doi:10.1039/b600442c · Cited by 30 · see citing works

Optical orientation of azo dye in polymer films at high pressure

Sekkat, Z., Kleideiter, G., & Knoll, W. (2001) · Journal of the Optical Society of America B · doi:10.1364/josab.18.001854 · Cited by 28 · see citing works

Transmission welding of carbon nanocomposites with direct-diode and Nd:YAG solid state lasers

Dosser, L. R., Hix, K., Hartke, K., et al. (2004) · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · doi:10.1117/12.528380 · Cited by 24 · see citing works

Comparative study of azobenzene and stilbene bridged crown ether p-tert-butylcalix[4]arene

Rojanathanes, R., Pipoosananakaton, B., Tuntulani, T., et al. (2004) · Tetrahedron · doi:10.1016/j.tet.2004.11.020 · Cited by 21 · see citing works

Photodriven Relay Using PLZT Ceramics

Inoue, M., Sada, T., & Uchino, K. (1986) · Proceedings - IEEE International Symposium on Applications of Ferroelectrics/Proceedings of the ... IEEE International Symposium on Applications of Ferroelectrics · doi:10.1109/isaf.1986.201087 · Cited by 7 · see citing works

A review of stimuli-responsive shape memory polymer composites

Meng, H., & Li, G. (2013) · Polymer · doi:10.1016/j.polymer.2013.02.023 · Cited by 1,190 · see citing works

Liquid crystalline polymer cantilever oscillators fueled by light

Serak, S., Tabiryan, N., Vergara, R., White, T. J., Vaia, R. A., & Bunning, T. J. (2010) · Soft Matter · doi:10.1039/b916831a · Cited by 385 · see citing works

Various shape memory effects of stimuli-responsive shape memory polymers

Meng, H., Mohamadian, H., Stubblefield, M., Jerro, D., Ibekwe, S., Pang, S.-S., & Li, G. (2013) · Smart Materials and Structures · doi:10.1088/0964-1726/22/9/093001 · Cited by 257 · see citing works

Bulk Metal and Ceramics Nanocomposites

Ajayan, P. M. (2003) · doi:10.1002/3527602127.ch1 · Cited by 42 · see citing works

Structure and property of Cu-based thermosensitive nanocomposite

Bai-yang, Lou, Xu, et al. (2006) · Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Sunyatseni · Cited by 1 · see citing works

N-expansive flows

Artigue, A., Cordeiro, W., & Pacífico, M. J. (2021) · Topology and its Applications · doi:10.1016/j.topol.2021.107869 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Partially Expansive HomeomorphismsPreprint

Artigue, A. (2014) · arXiv (Cornell University) · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1409.3887

Expansive Periodic Mechanisms

Borcea, C. S., & Streinu, I. (2015) · doi:10.19124/ima.2015.001.05 · Cited by 3 · see citing works